ENTERTAINMENT
February 28, 1997
Pavement's music describes a life that alternately flows and lurches, sometimes tentatively feeling its way into a situation, sometimes soaring with pure exhilaration. Fronted by Stephen Malkmus' warm drawl and driven by restless rock-guitar arrangements, the music captures a cascade of impressions and images with a natural charm and an uncommon emotional richness.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 18, 2007 | Richard Cromelin;Casey Dolan;Randy Lewis
Tuesday C-Murder "Screamin' 4 Vengeance" (Priority/Capitol) The New Orleans rapper, under house arrest while awaiting retrial for, yes, murder, addresses his situation with the help of guest artists such as Snoop Dogg and Chamillionaire. Joss Stone "Introducing Joss Stone" (Virgin) Her image gets flashier and more seductive, but she's still the little gal with the big, soulful voice and classic Atlantic Records grooves.
NEWS
April 26, 2007 | Geoff Boucher, Ann Powers and Richard Cromelin
"A desert," South African author Nadine Gordimer wrote, "is a place without expectation." She clearly wasn't a Rage Against the Machine fan. The band comes to the furnace heat of Indio this weekend with three days of rock and dance music and a show-closing reunion that has brought giddy fans from around the world: Rage is back and playing its first gig since 2000. Guitarist Tom Morello just smiled this week when asked how the band sounds in rehearsals. "Ferocious."
ENTERTAINMENT
November 16, 1997
In your Holiday Sneaks issue (Nov. 9), Richard Cromelin mistakenly identified John Quincy Adams (a character in the film "Amistad") as a "founding father." He was not. His father, John Adams, was. SCOTT ROSS Raleigh, N.C.
NEWS
January 10, 2008
Folsom State Prison: An article in Wednesday's California section about the cancellation of a concert at Folsom State Prison commemorating the 40th anniversary of Johnny Cash's performance there should have credited Times staff writer Richard Cromelin instead of Randy Lewis as a contributor.